"Fury" tank movie
 

I thought there was already a thread here for this. It's WW2, so it's not really T2k-related, but it is a tank-crew war movie.

This story has raised my hopes further:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/9-Way...ade-43692.html

The trailers show promise. Lot's of big, fiery explosions, though- rarely a good sign for a serious war pic.

And it does star Brad Pitt... :(

As a former explosives technician, fiery explosions in movies are a bit of a pet hate of mine. Definitely a Hollywood thing. Honestly, I think there's just as much visual and emotional impact from showing the shock wave of a realistic explosion rather than a big BS fiery explosion, if not more.

Yet there were instances of the fuel or ammo in a tank going up in a fiery conflagration. Among those of us who are not explosive techs we are used to seeing huge fireballs when things go up. Still I prefer sharper bangs and clouds of dust.

When I took an indoor pyro course many year ago the instructor made the comment that in the entertainment industry: "It's all show and no go. Real explosive are all go and no show."

Speaking of real explosion, I when to see this blast this morning.

http://youtu.be/w-9jcBQoqho

Oh absolutely, it goes without saying that if a bunch of fuel or other volatiles goes up there is going to be a fireball. I haven't been in combat but those on this forum who have have no doubt seen explosions of both the fiery and non-fiery variety in combat conditions. But secondary explosions notwithstanding, I bet they saw more non-fiery than fiery explosions.

I'm sure many here will recall the Mythbusters concrete truck explosion. One of my favorites!

Edit: The Youtube embedding code seems to have failed on this one so here's the raw link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxm_qpKh7Jw

It's when mortars, artillery, and landmines cause big fireball-producing explosions out of plain ol' dirt that you know the film is most likely going to be crap.

Not sure of the issue, but it worked for me.



Code i used.
[youtube]Gxm_qpKh7Jw[/youtube]

where Gxm_qpKh7Jw is the video id. The part after v=

When I did it I just got a blank white box where the video should have been.

While watching the trailer, I kept thinking I rather see a Haunted Tank movie or an adaptation of The Last Battle (where American and Wehermact forces join to prevent SS forces from slaughtering some high-ranking French POWs).

USS Iowa's turret exploding, mostly smoke but more or less what I expect to see what happens when a armored vehicle takes a hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHSzYy-XLsU

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/mo...et-region&_r=1

Another review, bringing up the harsh realities of warfare.

Good quote: “Henry Ford built the Sherman, Ferdinand Porsche built the Tiger,” the better-armored German tank, said Bill Block, a producer.

I play World of Tanks and the M4 was a miserable piece of crap until you get the Jumbo or the Easy 8. Still in World of Tanks you get to see what a Hellcat can do against an IS-3 or a T-34(85) and get into a love hate relationship with your team mates.

As someone who understands tank engagements, angling of armour, hull down positions, and such.

When I am in tank battles in War Thunder, I can tell people who have played WoT, as they seem to be utterly obsessed with just shooting my lower glacias plate, rather than a good kill area, or the old Russian tactic of ramming my tank.

And listening to friends a lot, it seems WoT is more "just hit it anywhere to knock down the tank" whereas in War Thunder you need to hit a good area, like the 88mm from a Konigstiger hitting the sweet side rear of the turret on an IS-2 at 700m, ammo rack shot.

The Hellcat was fast but it's 76mm gun wasn't exceptional at the time. Now, the M-36 armed with a 90mm ...

WT:GF has a host of issues (Barrels, Tier IV/V MM), but I have a lot of fun in it. Look me up if you care to get a game in, Same name here, sans the space.